Gustav otto



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G. OTTO.

CLAMP FOR TOILET GASES.

Patented July 19 WITNESSES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV OTTO, OF JERSEY CITY, NE\V JERSEY.

CLAMP FOR TOILET-CASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,868, dated July 19, 1887.

Applieaiion filed March 2, 1887. Serial XO.QQQ,3Q2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV OTTo, residing in Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Olamp for Toilet and other Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a clamp which can be held firmly in the case, at the same time being strong and durable, and which will hold and release articlessuch as brushes, scissors, knives, &e.in the most convenient manner.

The invention consists in providing a central block with two clamping-blocks, one at each side, and with a spring passed through all three blocks and secured to the outer clamping-blocl s, the edges of which clamping-blocks project above the central block, and are preferably slightly inclined inward at their upper part, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a case containing one of my improved clamps, said clamp holding a pair of scissors, shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my improved clamp, taken on the line 0 c, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross'seetion of the same, taken on the line 7.; 7t, Fig. 2.

A in the accompanying drawings repre sents a wooden block slightly inclined from the bottom upward and inward. An aperture, a, is passed through the block A.

B B are two clamping-blocks arranged along the inclined sides of the block A. Through these clamping-blocks B are apertures b, which register with the aperture a in the block A. A spring, O,preferably spiral,is passed through the apertures (a b, and held in place against the outside of the clamping-blocks B by a pin, d, passed through an eye on the ends of the spring 0. \Vhen the block A is made of wood, the grain of the wood should run crosswise that is to say, in the direction of the length of the aperture a-so that by passing a screw into the bottom of the block A in the case D said block will be held firmly without danger of splitting or breaking. The grain of the wood in the clamping-blocks B should run in the direction of their length, or nearly at right (No model.)

angles to the grain in the block A. This arrangement of the grain in the blocks A and B overcomes the tendency to break or chip off, which would be the case if the wood were not so arranged. In using this clamp the article to be held is passed between theproj ectin g jaws e of the clamping-blocks B, thus spreading the clampii'ig-blocks B at their upper parts apart, the spring tending to draw the blocks B together, and thereby holding the article in the clamp.

If desired, the block A may be rectangular in form, the projecting jaws e of the clamping-blocks B being preferably provided with inwardly-projecting edges, so as to hold the article firmly between the jaws 0; but I prefer the construction shown in the drawings,

Fig. 2, as by that construction the jaws c of the clamping-blocks B present smooth surfaces to the articles to be held, and hold the same securely without the assistance of any projections which areliable to break off.

More than one spring (J may be used, if desired.

It is evident that the spring 0, instead of passing through holes in the clamping-blocks B, may be fastened to the inner sides of said clamping-blocks in any convenient manner without departing from the spirit of my invention; also, that, instead of the spiral spring 0, a flat spring might be fastened at the outside of the blocks B B and passed underneath or around the block A, to hold the side pieces in position. hen more than one spring 0 is used, the springs may either be passed through holes in the block A or through notches at the ends of the same; but it is preferable to pass them through holes made in the interior of the block A, to prevent any contact of the springs with the lining of the ease.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is l. A clamping-block consisting of the central block, A, and movable side blocks, B B, held in position by a spring, substantially as set forth.

2. The block A, having one or more springs passed through it, holding the movable clamping-blocks B B in position, substantially as described.

' 3. The block A', having the grain ofthe blocks B, having apertures 12', and projecting 10 Wood running crosswise, in combination with jaws e, in combination with spring 0, subthe clamping-blocks B B, having the grain of stantially as described, and for the purposes the Wood running lengthwise, substantially as set; forth.

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4. Block A, having aperture a, inlcombi- GUSTAV OTTO nation with clamping-blocks B, having aper- Witnesses: tures b, substantially as described. HARRY M. TURK,

5. Block A, having aperture a, clamping- CHARLES G. M. THOMAS. 

